1954 in the Soviet Union

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← 1953 1952 1951 1954 in the Soviet Union → 1955 1956 1957
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1954 History of the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1954 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents[]

• First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Nikita Khrushchev
• Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Kliment Voroshilov
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Georgy Malenkov

Events[]

January[]

• 25 January-18 February – Berlin Conference (1954)

February[]

• 19 February – 1954 transfer of Crimea

March[]

• 14 March – Soviet Union legislative election, 1954

May[]

• 16 May-26 June – Kengir uprising

June[]

• 6 June – Moscow's statue of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, originally conceived in 1947 in recognition of the 800th anniversary of the city's foundation, is finally unveiled.^[1]
• 26 June – The world's first civilian nuclear power station, Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, is commissioned.^[2]

September[]

• 14 September – The Totskoye nuclear exercise is held.

Births[]

• 23 February – Viktor Yushchenko, third President of Ukraine
• 4 March – Irina Ratushinskaya, writer
• 16 June – Sergey Kuryokhin, composer
• 17 August – Anatoly Kudryavitsky, writer
• 30 August – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus

Deaths[]

• 12 February – Dziga Vertov, filmmaker (born 1896)
• 22 November – Andrey Vyshinsky, diplomat (born 1883)

References[]

See also[]

• 1954 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1954